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EA 018 (P271171)
letter, Middle Babylonian, Akhetaten · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | EA 018 |
|---|---|
| ID | P271171 |
| Museum no. | VAT 01879 + VAT 01880 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Babylonian · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE |
| Genre | letter |
| Find spot | Akhetaten (mod. el-Amarna) |
| Coordinates | 27.6400, 30.8959 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | [a-na {disz}ni-im-mu-ri-ia? _lugal? kur?_ mi-is,-ri-i?] qi-bi2-ma | Speak to Nimmuriya, king of the land of Miṣri, |
| 2 | [um-ma {disz}du-usz-rat-ta? _lugal? kur?_ mi-ta-an-ni? _szesz_]-ka#-ma | Thus Dušratta, king of the land of Mitanni, your brother: |
| 3 | [a-na ia-szi szul-mu a-na ka-a-sza ... lu]-u2 szul-mu | To me, well-being to you. May ... be well. |
| 4 | [a-na ... _lu2-mesz]-gal#-mesz_-ka | To ..., your great men |
| 5 | [...] | |
| 6 | [... dan-nisz2 dan-nisz2? lu-u2] szul#-mu | May it be very, very well |
| 7 | [...]-i | ...-i |
| 8 | [{disz}]ar#-[ta-asz]-szu#-[ma]-ra# [... _x]-mesz_ | Artaxerxes, the king. |
| 9 | [sza] _kur#_ ha#-[ni]-gal-bat# [...] x | of Hanigalbat ... ... |
| 10 | [u2 x] sza# du [...] | ... that ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | u3 _murub2#_-szu [_na4_ ...] | and its middle part is a stone ... |
| 2' | u3 _murub2#_-szu _{na4}kiszib3_ [...] | and its middle part a seal |
| 3' | {na4}hi-li-pa tam-lu-u2 [...] | ḫilīpu-stone, tamlû-stone |
| 4' | 1(disz)-nu#-tu4# asz2-ki-ru-usz-hu# [...] | 1 Ashurušhu |
| 5' | [a-nu-um]-ma# {disz}pu-u-hi [...] szul#-ma-ni | Now, Puḫi ... is well. |
| 6' | [sza? _szesz?_]-ia# al-ta#-par2-szu# [...] x li-me-esz-x-szu | I have sent him ... of my brother. |
| 7' | [szul-ma]-an-szu [sza _szesz_-ia lu-u2?]-ub-la | May I bring the well-being of my brother. |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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